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[wilts rover]

Eddie: “What about people who have changed their minds on Brexit?”

Liz Truss: “I don’t think people have changed their minds”

Eddie: “You have.”

Liz Truss: “I have, that's true…”

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/best-of-lbc/best-decade/eddie-mair-skewers-liz-truss/

[BVB]

British cheese makers will be delighted.
Or was that any producer of dairy products..

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Pass the popcorn!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59721801

She's not stupid not in the slightest but she's not pr savvy that's for sure.

The sense of it though is that Boris is much more central than a number in his party and he's not anywhere near as right wing as some would say he is.

Should lord frost have ever had the role? Should it be someone unlected? Or is it fair delegation?  He certainly shouldn't have been in cabinet given we aren't a federal president style country.

[Not Now Kato]

Pass the popcorn!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59721801

She's not stupid not in the slightest but she's not pr savvy that's for sure.

The sense of it though is that Boris is much more central than a number in his party and he's not anywhere near as right wing as some would say he is.

Should lord frost have ever had the role? Should it be someone unlected? Or is it fair delegation?  He certainly shouldn't have been in cabinet given we aren't a federal president style country.

On the BBC comments section this morning, a lot of people were saying that Frost shouldn't have been put into that position as he wasn't elected as an MP. Then up pops a Brexiteer who says "Why does Frost need to be elected anyway?". Some leavers are a special kind of stupid!
 
You're right BFYP, Frost should never have been part of the Cabinet in the first place.  Another Johnson two fingers up to all those who voted against 'supposed' unelected bureaucrats in the EU and some can't see it.

[selby]

Anybody suffering from the well publicised and predicted food and toy shortages at Christmas on here?
  Anybody disappointed not to be?

[Glyn_Wigley]

Pass the popcorn!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59721801

She's not stupid not in the slightest but she's not pr savvy that's for sure.

The sense of it though is that Boris is much more central than a number in his party and he's not anywhere near as right wing as some would say he is.

Should lord frost have ever had the role? Should it be someone unlected? Or is it fair delegation?  He certainly shouldn't have been in cabinet given we aren't a federal president style country.

You're forgetting that the Brexiteers only wanted to have a Brexiteer doing the negotiating. Truss was a Remainer. Just wait till things don't go well and Brexiteers start blaming her because she's not a real Brexiteer.

[wilts rover]

Accoding to the governments' own impact assessment, the trade deal signed last week with Australia will cause a £94 million hit to UK forestry, fishing and farming.

The person who agreed and signed this is now negotiating on our behalf with the EU.

https://twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1473199335986937856

[Ldr]

If Australian produce is cheaper then no problem with me, everyone on here will do the best value for money shopping. Faux outrage about British farmers is pathetic

[BVB]

Have a word with farmers about that “faux outrage”

[Ldr]

You’re a hypocrite then Bvb if you do not religiously look for British produce when shopping

[wilts rover]

If Australian produce is cheaper then no problem with me, everyone on here will do the best value for money shopping. Faux outrage about British farmers is pathetic

If only you had made it clear that when they said 'British jobs for British workers' they actually meant ' British jobs for Australian workers.'

They got the message in North Shropshire tho.

[Ldr]

Why would I have to Wilts? Such a strange thing to say

[BVB]

You’re a hypocrite then Bvb if you do not religiously look for British produce when shopping

I don’t religiously look for British produce Ldr, but when I see it I do try to buy it, if that’s matches what I need to buy.

My philosophy is to try as much as possible to support local businesses - not always possible but I try my best - Donny market, locally owned Donny shops and locally owned cafes and pubs/bars.

Refuse to give my money to conglomerates eg Amazon, Macdonalds, KFC etc.

Yourself?

[Ldr]

Best value for money for me mate.

[BVB]

Even though it’s not British, like that American shit?

[Ldr]

Yeah, surely we are a global village?

[BVB]

Lol - you’ll be good enough to retract the “hypocrite” accusation then.

Cheers
BVB

[Ldr]

Well you certainly have demonstrated you do search for British produce. I wonder if the outraged Wilts can do the same?

[BVB]

I’ll take that as a retraction then, even if through gritted teeth.
Thank you!
 
BVB

[wilts rover]

Why would I have to Wilts? Such a strange thing to say

Because that is one of the reasons that people were giving for Brexit Ldr.

We can do our own trade deals with the rest of the world and that will benefit British workers. Seems the reality is different isn't it.

[wilts rover]

Its just facts.

People in the UK are noticeably more likely to have experienced key supply problems recently. A majority of Britons (56%) say they have personally experienced food shortages in shops, a figure slightly higher than in the US (49%) but substantially higher than all the continental European nations surveyed (6-18%).

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/international/articles-reports/2021/12/22/how-many-people-have-been-hit-global-supply-chain-?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=eurotrack_supply_chain

[Ldr]

Why would I have to Wilts? Such a strange thing to say

Because that is one of the reasons that people were giving for Brexit Ldr.

We can do our own trade deals with the rest of the world and that will benefit British workers. Seems the reality is different isn't it.

Yes but why would I have to specifically??

[SydneyRover]

latest poll

''just 14% of all voters said Brexit had gone better than expected''

[selby]

  To all the 86% and Syd, A merry Christmas keep your pecker up you can't win them all and sometimes life is a B******D you just have to get over it.

[SydneyRover]

I guess you must lump yourself in with the 14% with extremely low standards selby, which is fine.

[selby]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rkNBH5fbMk
  Very high tastes Syd a message from Charlie Chaplin just for you

[SydneyRover]

Not sure why you get upset selby, this is what was predicted, what you wanted presumably.

Read what a few business people are saying, bbc.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59761292

the poll

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/25/one-year-on-most-voters-say-brexit-has-gone-badly

[selby]

  I am anything but upset Syd, life has never been better buddy, apart from my team could be doing a little better.
 Probably because I don't watch the news on BBC or read the Guardian, I find people who do have things going badly in their lives and are generally unhappy people who think too deeply about the bad things in their life instead of getting on with things and enjoying life.
 I don't know if you think the same buddy.

[SydneyRover]

Maybe you should have made a note on the voting paper explaining you just wanted to keep the best bits?

[selby]

  I like to use the vote my forefathers fought for Syd, that would have voided my vote, which I lost by the way voting to stay in.
  S**t happens in life mate, so I just got over it immediately and made the best of it having lost a lot of money overnight on my shares and investments, and I have made it all back and more over time.
 It's better than moaning and groaning for six long years, as you just turn into 8000 mile snipers with a chip on your shoulder.
 Anyway good night I am going to settle down to watch our brilliant openers take those Australian bowlers to pieces. Cough cough.